Background Clostridium difficile infection is often considered to result from recent acquisition
of a C difficile isolate in a healthcare setting. However, C difficile spores can persist for long …

Clostridium difficile is both a hospital and community-acquired pathogen. The current study
determined if C. difficile could be cultured from clinical laundry facility surfaces. A total of 240 …

BACKGROUND: Clostridium difficile spores can contaminate the hospital environment. Little
is known about the prevalence and strain variability of C. difficile environmental …

As Clostridium difficile spores are resistant to many household cleaning products, the
potential for community household contamination is high. The purpose of this study was to …

Background C. difficile spores are frequently isolated from hospital and non-healthcare
settings but a worldwide analysis has not been done. The study objectives were to assess C …

ObjectiveThis article describes a CDI outbreak in a long-term care (LTC) facility that used
molecular typing techniques and whole-genome sequencing to identify widespread …

Objectives The aim was to compare the burden of environmental shedding of toxigenic
Clostridioides difficile among asymptomatic carriers, C. difficile-infected (CDI) patients and …

Importance Clostridium difficileinfection (CDI) has been increasingly reported among
healthy individuals in the community. Recent data suggest that community-associated CDI …

Recurrent Clostridium difficile infection (R-CDI) is common and difficult to treat, potentially
necessitating fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT). Although C. difficile spores persist in …

Clostridium difficile is the most common infectious cause of diarrhea in hospitalized patients
with increasing role for the environment as a source of contamination. In this study, we …